Mitch Winehouse looks at a statue of his late daughter, Amy Winehouse, after it was unveiled in Camden's Stables Market in London on Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

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If you thought Mitch Winehouse would be celebrating the Oscar win for Amy, the documentary about his daughter, think again. Winehouse has decried the biopic in the past, Newsweek reports, and on Monday he was at it again. "Always proud of my baby. Amy will not get an [O]scar though. Just Asif Kapadia [the documentary's director]. That is what this is all about...Asif. He's fooled everybody," Winehouse tweeted, adding, "I am not changing my stance just because film won Oscar. It's a negative, spiteful and misleading portrayal of Amy. We will fix this."

Mitch Winehouse initially supported the project, Newsweek notes. But after watching the film—which doesn't shy away from portraying Amy Winehouse's descent into drug and alcohol addiction—Mitch changed his tune, complaining that the film "vilifies" him and presents his daughter unfavorably. Mitch appears to be implying he's planning his own, more flattering biopic, a project he first announced last July. "This film will not be the defining image of Amy," Mitch tweeted last week about Amy. "We are already working on other projects. I can't say more at this stage." (Click to watch Amy's haunting trailer.)

BS, he's glad this film has put his name back in the news. He has been living off of her fame and trying to turn himself into a public figure for years. He should be ashamed of himself but he is incapable.

tpvero

Mar 1, 2016 3:56 AM CST

See the film. That father was there the entire time his golden goose was descending into the hell of drug abuse. He did nothing as long as the money came rolling in. He also dumped his family when Amy was young and did not really come back in Amy's life until she started becoming famous. This is his objection to the film. He is nothing but a two bit shyster.

Winston_Smith

Mar 1, 2016 1:13 AM CST

Like most members of the 27 club, you can't really separate WInehouse's art from her self-destructiveness, or her self-destructiveness from her dysfunctional family background. If you tell a story like this honestly, then of course dad's going to be unhappy.